Dreams

By: sailorxserenity

Serena woke with a start, gasping for breath as sweat and tears mixed in her eyes, making them burn. She'd had another one of those dreams again. She'd had them her whole life. Always starting the same way. They always had the same man dressed in the same dark robes and the same hood hiding his face. He always called her Serenity.

"You'll kill them, you know?" He'd taunt, "Everyone you love, Serenity, will die because of you. Because of your selfishness, your carelessness."

It didn't matter where she tried to hide. He was there, maybe not physically but, he was there in her head taunting and tormenting.

It took Serena about ten minutes to compose herself. She finally sat up, taking in her surroundings. They were the same surroundings she'd always woken up to. She was in her bedroom; complete with her collection of stuffed animals in the miniature hammock hung in the corner next to one of her windows and her closet. Her vanity sat next to the other window across from her bed. Currently, the vanity was cluttered with the previous night's homework she had yet to finish.

Serena glanced at her alarm clock. "347" stared back at her in bright red block numbers. "Ugh. I've got to get up in three hours." she thought grimly to herself. Deciding to get a glass of water, Serena slowly got out of bed, careful not to disturb her beloved black cat, Luna. Though muffled by the carpet of her room, as Serena got out of bed a faint "thump" could be heard as her feet hit the floor.

Almost silently, Serena made it out of her room and down the hall to the right towards the back stairs of her house that led to the kitchen. She took extra precaution not to make any noises that might wake her parents or her kid brother, Sammy.

She walked across the bare tile of the kitchen, her feet barely making the slightest pat. Reaching for the cupboard next to the kitchen window she grabbed a glass. She then turned to her left and headed for the refrigerator where water dispensed from the ice maker. She then turned to go sit at the dining room table. Serena barely noticed the cool, crisp taste of her water as she reflected on the dream she just had.

Serena, clad in a long white gown adorned with golden disks at the top which added support to her breasts, crouched along the ground behind a headstone, the dark of the night hiding her from searching eyes. She kept her hand clasped over her mouth. She muffled a scream as she heard the branches snap beneath his feet. She didn't want him to find her. NO! Not him! Anyone but him!

"You'll kill them, Serenity." The faceless man hissed beneath his robe, "Everyone you love will die because of your selfishness, your carelessness. It will be ALL your fault, Serenity!"

Serena looked up from her hiding spot to see the robed man standing in front of her. How he'd found her, Serena didn't know but, he had. The robed man reached down and grabbed Serena's wrist, yanking her up.

Serena Screamed.

"Serena, Serena..." a gentle shake of her shoulder snapped Serena out of her daze. She looked up and found her father, Ken, standing next to her, a worried look on his face.

"Oh. Dad." was all she was able to say before tears clouded her vision, making her eyes burn again.

Ken reached out, pulling his sixteen year old daughter into his arms. He whispered soothing words until her tears finally subsided.

"What is it, 'Rena? What's got you up cryin' at 4 am?" He asked, worried about his oldest child.

"I've had another dream, daddy." Serena whispered between hiccups.

Ken knew all about the dreams. They'd plagued his daughter since she was five years old. Ken and his wife, Ilene, had taken Serena to various doctors, therapists, psychiatrists trying to seek help for her. But, they were always told the same thing. "Serena's a healthy, normal child. We can't find anything wrong wither her. These nightmare's she's having, they'll go away eventually. No need to worry."

They hadn't.

School the next morning was terrible. For Serena, the seconds seemed like minutes, the minutes like hours and the hours...well they seemed to go on forever. She was, however, grateful that her parents had decided to let her miss her first two classes. Luckily for her they were the two she hated the most History and PE.

Serena, currently, was grabbing her algebra two notebook and text book from her locker when she heard her named yelled from half way down the hall. Turning at the sound of the voice who'd just called her name, Serena saw her best friend, Mina, coming towards her.

"Hey Mina, what's up?" Serena asked as she slammed her locker closed.

"Nothin' much. Hey I saw you missed Mrs. Juhl's history class this morning. Here." Min said handing her friend the day's history notes. Serena glanced them over but said nothing. "So where were you?"

As the girls walked towards their algebra two class, Serena explained her dream in as little detail as possible. She really didn't want her best friend worrying over her nor did she want Mina running to Darien before she got a chance to explain it all to him.

"So, You gonna tell Daren?" Mina asked, slightly disturbed by what her friend had just told her.

"I don't know, Min. He's so busy with school right now. This is his last year before he graduates college, you know." Serena lamely explained.

Mina stared at her friend in disbelief, "What do you mean 'you don't know'? He's your boyfriend he'd WANT to know!"

The girls entered Mr. Kirkwood's class room and took their assigned seats next to each other before continuing their discussion.

"Weeeellll...?" Mina drew out when her friend didn't immediately respond

"Well what?!" Serena retorted a bit more harsh than she'd intended. Seeing that she'd hurt her friend's feelings, Serena apologized.

"I'm sorry for snapping, Mina. I know you're worried. And that's exactly why I don't want to tell Darien. I don't want to worry him over stupid nightmares."

Mina was about to respond when Mr. Kirkwood walked in and started handing out the previous day's test. Serena made a small squeal of delight when she was handed her test.

"Look Mina! I made a 'B'!!" Mina took her friend's test and read the note that Mr. Kirkwood had written. "Congratulations Ms. Tskino. I know how hard you've worked to bring up your grades this semester. This is marked improvement over your last test!"

Mina started giggling and whispered, "I guess those 'study sessions' with Darien are payin' off, eh?"

Blushing, Serena snatched her test from her friend and said, "Judging by your test, Algebra two isn't the only thing you and Andrew are studying either!"

It was Mina's turn to blush as Serena made reference to her older boyfriend, Andrew. A darking of the room's lights and the glow of Mr. Kirkwood's overhead projector silenced the snarky retort on the tip Mina's tongue. The girls opened their notebooks and for the next fifty minutes took notes over the Pythagorean Theorem. This, in Serena's opinion, was the most boring thing to write notes over. Before she knew it she was doodling in the margins of her notebook. And not really paying attention. She was still a little shaken about her dream. The robed man had never found her before

"Maybe Mina's right." she thought as she glanced up to see if there were any new Algebra Two notes to take, "maybe I should tell Darien. He's gonna know somethings up anyway. He's always known."

Just then the bell rang, Serena looked up and saw that the board was blank. She'd missed tonight's homework assignment. She began to panic.

"Oh no. Oh no. Oh no." She began saying as she began searching for her syllabus. She couldn't find it.

Mina calmly stepped up beside her friend and placed a hand on her shoulder. "Sere, I've got the assignment. Quit freaking out."

Sighing in relief, Serena took the pro-offered notebook and scribbled down the night's homework, hoping she'd written it correctly.

"Thanks Min, I don't know what's up. Guess I'm still stressed from last night's dream. It was different this time."

Reading her friend's expression, Mina knew her friend was seriously bothered Mina had had this feeling for a couple weeks now, but couldn't quite put her finger on what was bothering her best friend. Stepping closer, Mina embraced her best friend, "Take my advice, 'Rena. Tell Darien, you'll feel a hundred times better. I promise!"

They broke their hug and headed towards the cafeteria. Serena was still bothered as the girls made their a detour to put away their algebra books.

"It's not that simple, Mina and honestly, I just don't want him to worry about me. He's got enough to worry about with out adding me to the mix." Serena said half-heartedly. She knew she was going to tell him. She couldn't not tell him because she knew one way or another he'd found out, whether through her or through one of her friends. She also knew he'd rather find out from her than anyone else.

"Why not Serena? He already worries about you. You've told him about the nightmares before, so what's the big deal?" Mina grabbed her lunch box then looked at her friend.

"I'm pregnant. That's the big deal."

TBC.

sailorxserenity here! So whatcha think? I've got a few ideas about the direction I want this to go in. Please R&R

also, please if you notice any typos, grammatical errors or spelling errors lemme know

and as always I do not own Sailor Moon. I do own my original characters.

©sailorxserenity 2008